How to Recover Deleted iMessages

WRITTEN BY Tina ON May 7, 2015

If you are a big fan of iMessage, you must know that iMessages is more popular among iPhone users than others apps like SMS or MMS because of its exclusive advantages. With iMessages, your information will be sent to others at once. And by using iMessages, you are free to send hundreds and millions of messages attached with photos, videos, locations or contacts to more than one person over Wi-Fi.

If you carelessly deleted important iMessages with pictures your friends have sent to you, there is one a quick and efficient way for you to recover deleted iMessages.

iPhone Data Recovery is what I am talking about. It doesn’t matter at all that if you have never heard of it or you have already used this software before for recovering your deleted data from iPhone, iTunes or from iCloud. Clear and detail instructions bellow will show you how to use FonePaw iPhone Data Recovery to retrieve your deleted iMessages in three ways. You can choose one of the methods mentioned to solve the problem according to your need.

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Method 1: How to Recover deleted iMessages from iPhone Directly

After downloading and installing the program, you can connect your iPhone to computer.

Step 2: Click “Start Scan” to scan your iPhone

If you have connected you iPhone to computer, then click “Start Scan” to scan your iOS device.

Step 3: Preview and recover deleted iMessages on computer

After scanning the data, you can preview iMessage by selecting “Message” and “Message Attachment”. Then you can choose the deleted iMessage and click “Recover” to retrieve them back on computer.

Method 2: How to Recover Deleted iMessages from iTunes Backup Files

Step 1: Choose “Recover from iTunes Backup File” and scan the backups

Choose “Recover from iTunes Backup File” to recover the backups you need, then click “Start Scan” to extract it. The scanning process will last for a longer time if you have many backup files needed for scanning.

Step 2: Preview iMessages on iTunes

All data will be scanned and then you can preview them on your computer selectively. You can choose “Messages Attachment” to preview the deleted iMessages.

Step 3: Recover deleted iMessages from iTunes

You can mark down the items you want while you are previewing. Then click “Recover” to restore them from iTunes.

Method 3: How to Recover Deleted iMessages from iCloud Backup Files

When you sign in iCloud, choose the backup needed then click “Download” to restore them on your PC.

Step 3: Preview the data and retrieve deleted iMessages from iCloud

After downloading the backup files, all data will be scanned. Then you can preview them one by one according to the list on the left column. Choose “Messages” or “Message Attachments” to preview your deleted iMessages. If you have found the messages back, then click “Recover” to recover them from iCloud.

iPhone Data Recovery is a multi-functional software, which is famous for its ability to recover deleted data including contacts, videos, photos, music, text messages, calendars, bookmark so on and so forth. It is of great importance for you to be careful when you want to delete data on iPhone, and it is also necessary to keep backup files on iTunes or iCloud too. Once your data is lost or deleted by accident, you can use FonePaw iPhone Data Recovery to restore them back. It is a very thoughtful and helpful software that you can miss!